The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-15 00:00:00

Larnch of a Turkish Ironclad. Yesterd my the future iron navy of the Ottoman Empire r eneived its first small instalment towards ultimate ,completion by the successful launch of the ircuclad frigate Su'tan Mabmoud from the yard of the Thamfae Ironworks at Blackwell. With this launch was almost completed the list of European power: set tainlyof European naval powers—which have sought the aid of this country to cirry out the new idea of naval reconstruction. With the excep tion of the Federal turret and cupola ships, and the first two iron frigates which were built in Franca for the Italian Government, there is not a foreign jeonclad of mote which has not been constructed here. The Federal turret ships have at best only at tallied a moat dubious success. What the Franco- Italian vessels will be remaini to be proved, but the OUcceas of the B.assian, the Prussian, the Danish vessels launched in the Thames has been placed be yond a doubt. The Turkish frigate aent afloat yes terday will, it is to be hoped, for the sake of our national credit hr naval architecture, be as success ful as the rest, a•,td as those now building for Spain and Italy are enpected to prove. Notwithstanding very inclement nature of the day there was a large and fashion able audience to witness the launch at Blackwell yesterday, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, with Mde. and Mdlle. Masurus, the Turkish Consul General, Mr Gadhan, and a number of distinguished foreigners being present. The mere launch was effected with the ease and certainty which seem as a matter of course to attend all these operations at the Thames Ironworks, and within a minute after her release from the stocks the Sultan Alahmoud was floating easily and gracefully on the river, almost before the cheers which greeted her departure were half over. Mdlle. Muslims, the eldest daughter of the Turkish Ambassador, had the honour of christening this fine frigate. The frigate thus launched is in many respects an improvement on what threatens to be the ordinary routine of ironclad ships of war in regard to the plating, though in one respect its backing is very far from being an improvement. Her length over all is, in round numbers, 3 ( .;0ft., her breadth extreme, 56'1., and her depth amid- Bhips, 371 ft. Her tonnage is 4,220 tons; she is to have engines by Messrs. Salkeld and Co., of 900 nominal horse power, which can work up safely to 3,000, and her armament is to be 20 guns of the heaviest calibre which we yet know how to con struct, or at least to use with safety to the gunners. Vessel, guns, masts, and rigging,—in fact, every everything but crew, will be English, when she is delivered to the Turkish authorities in the Golden Horn, and she has been built under the inspection of officers of the Admiralty specially appointed for that purpose, and on the same plan of internal con struction as that adopted in the Warrior. Minotaur, and other of the most celebrated vessels in our service. The improvement in the plating of the Mahmoud consists chiefly in making the plates thicker at the waterline, and gradually tapering them off as they rise to the level of the upper deck, so as to keep the great mass of dead weight as nearly as possible on a level with her centre of gravity, or line of flotation. At the water-line her plates are slin. thick, lessening upwards in a gradual reduction of thickness to 41 in. She was launched with no less than 172 of these plates, weighing about 700 tons, fixed on, so that now only an equal number of thinner plates remain to be bolted on to make her fit for active service. Though only a vessel of the Hector and Valiant class. she is, unlike them, coated with armour plates from stem to stern, and fitted with a sub merged prow or beak, for use as a ram as opportu nities may offer. Th's beak is of the kind now tolerably well known as the swan-breasted bow, which projects under water some 10ft. beyond the apparent bows, or what seems to be the actual length of the vessel. The theory of its use is, of course, that of striking an armour-clad enemy below the water4line, and therefore also below its armonr. We, however, may venture to say that if the Mahmoud is to be armed with such a number of 300 and 150 pounder Armstrongs as it is stated she is meant to carry, her beak will, after all, prove but a feeble auxiliary to her offensive powers, especially if she should realise the expecta tions confidently formed of Ler, and be able to steam at the rate of 13 knots an hour. This beak, however, is strengthened entirely for running down purposes, and, though having a solid iron edge of only three inches wide, is formidably strengthened by wrought iron supports, which pass back into the main body of the ship behind. It is only in the backing behind the armour-plates that the Mahmoud appears to be inferior to the vessels of the Warrior and Black Prince class. The latter have transverse beams of teak 11 inches in thickness, the Mahmoud, like our Minotaur and Agincourt, has an additional inch of iron in her armour ; but to compensate for this increase of weight, has the teak behind it reduced from 18 to 9 inches. This alteration in the thick• ness of the backing was one of the most serious blunders the Admiralty ever made in their iron fleet though, fortunately, the mistake is robbed of half its ill effect by other Powers having weakly followed their example, and followed it too precisely, like our own Admiraity,without anything to guide their hasty judgment. All experiments in iron targets have shown that the thickness of the armour-plate is relatively of less importance than the strength of the backing which keeps it up to its work. Thus, the Warrior plates of 41 inches with 18 inches of teak behind have withstood the most concentrated fire, while the Minotaur target of 5f inches armour with 9 inches teak at once buckled and almost crumpled up under the fire of even the smoothebore 68 pounders. The Minotaur would, no doubt, be a Leavy overmatch for several of the old wooden screw liners, but, on the other hand, so would the Warrior prove an overmatch for two orahreo iron Minotaurs. The general build of the Sultan Mahmoud only illustrates another phase of the now useless struggle to make frigates of such strength as can defy ord• nanco of any strength. It is the old question of armour versus guns, and the guns keep always win ning, no matter what the thickness of the armour of seagoing frigates. This Turkish vessel is to carry IS 150-pounders, nine on each side, with two upper deck 300-pounders fitted amidships to fire fore and aft. Such an armament will be much above the re■ eieting powers of any armourclad that floats, herself of course included, just as the wooden three-deckers ere little more than basketwork as opposed to the 63-pounder and 10-inch shell guns of the old smooth bore artillery. In fact, the old armourclad knights and men - et-arms would stand as much chance against the Enfield rifle as armourclad ships stand against the rifled ordnance which this country at least possesses. That Mr Reed's Bellerophon may partly answer against light loaded 150-pounders has been shown, that it will not stand for a single shot of the 300-pounder is equally well established, and the Sultan Mahmoud has not more than half the resisting strength of the Bellerophon. After the launch visitors were entertained at an ample dejeuner given by the Thames Iron Company in the mould loft of the works. At this, after the usual loyal toasts had been given, " The Health of His Majesty the Sultan" was drunk amid loud applause. In reply to this M. MUSURUS, the Turkish Ambase sador, said—l beg to tier you my sincere thanks for the cordiality with which you have received the toast p - oposed in s o kind a manner by the chairman in honour of my august Sovereign. I am very happy to see that tt.o virtae f of my g racious master are so well known and appreciated in this country. Since his acc ession to the Thron e his Imperial Majesty has devoted his earnest solicitude to promote the welfare of b:s vast empire, by reforming its financial system, introducing administrative improvements, increas ing the n ', " 118 of commanication, establishing new schools, encouraging agriculture, commerce, and industry, an d thus o p en i ng for his subjects the road t o wealth and corral prosperity. Bat his Majesty knows that, as in nature a good harvest cannot be relied upon under the mischievous influence of in clement and stormy Weather, so without external peace and internal order he cannot secure the suc cess of his noble and generous efforts. This is the reason why one of his first objects is to make as perfect as possible the organisation of his army and navy, and bring their efficiency to the level of the high mission intrusted to him by Providence, the nd order i n th e E ast; mission of maintaining peace a and this is the reason why, two years ago, he or• dered the construction in England of this and some other similar armour-plated vessels. Yen see, there• fore, that the military precautions of my Sovereign are taken with purely defensive purposes. I❑ that he imitates other powerful nations, who, although making warlike preparations, are not less animated with pacific views. This, I believe, is natural. Peace and order can be better kept in a society of lions than in a mixed society of sheep and wolves. But I tell you seriously that the sole object, the ardent wish of his Imperial Majesty is that his reign may be a reign of peace, a reign of moral and material happiness for his people. Many other vessels, both for English companies and foreign Powers, are building at the Thames Iron Works Yard, and in the slip adjoining that from which the Sultan Mahmoud was yesterday launched is a fine ironclad frigate of 4,800 tons, building for the Spanish Government. The Achilles. The iron frigate Achilles, 20 guns, 6,079 tens, 1,250 horse power of engines, Capt. Vaasittart, com menced her official trials in her sea-going trim yes. terday, at Portsmouth, with her runs over the trial ground at the measured mile in Stokes-bay, with full boiler power, and in making her circles—also under full power. A gunboat left the harbour at 8 30 a.m., for Spithead, with the officials oa board to conduct the trial, the latter comprising Comman der Brett, of her Majesty's ship Asia; Messrs Ward and Murdock, of the Steam Factory and Steam Re serve Departments; Messrs Brain and Elliott, Assistant Master Shipwrights, &c. On the officials reaching the ship she at once steamed out from the anchorage to clear her fires in readiness to enter on the mile. It was nearly 11 a.m., however, before the ship commenced her first run, owing to a diffi culty experienced with her coals. The ship's draught of water was 25ft 6in forward, and 26ft 10in aft. She was not quite complete in ail her atorea, though the deficiency was but trifling, and she had 560 tons of coal in her bunkers, when she could have stowed 769 tons. The wind was moderately fresh, about 4 in strength, from E.N.E., with smooth water. The engines drive a four blade Mangin screw, the blades being fired at equidistant intervals round the boss on the shafting, the diameter of the screw being 24ft 6in and its pitch 26f: Sin. The engines are pre. cisely the same power as those of the Warrior -1,250 horses—made from the same patterns and by the same makers, Messrs Penn. The ship's midship section is stated to be precisely the same as the Warrior's; in fact, she is a second Warrior, both in hull and engines, with the single but important exception that she is an Admiralty , t im provement" on the Warrior, inasmuch that the Achilles has had her bilges pulled out a little, her floor also slightly lengthened forward, her arm mour plating carried up to her main deck above the water line round her bow and stern, her hull being also minus figurehead and quarter galleries, and four masts put into her in lieu of the ordinary three. With these supposed improvements it might ream sonably have been expected that the Achilles would yesterday have beaten the Warrior in point of speed at the measured mile, but the contrary was the re sult, and the Warrior still retains her proud position as the fleetest ship under steam in her Majesty's navy. The following are the results of the Achil les' run yesterday : No. of - Time. Speed of ship. Steam. Vacuum. Rev. of Run. M. s. Knots. Lb. Inches. Engines. 1 4 13 14.220 22i 26 49i 2 5 6 11.761 23 25 49 3 4 3 14 815 231 251 491 4 5 8 11.668 22 26 481 6 356 15.264 23 251 491 6 5.16 11.392 23/ 25 50 7 3 50 15.652 23 25 50 8 519 11.285 25 26 5) Throwing the two first runs out of calcula• tion, the remaining six give the ship a speed of knots of 13 419. To appreciate the exact value of this result we must refer to the ship's trial at light draught off the Maplin Sands in April last, and the Warrior's trial in her seagoing trim in Oct., 1861. The Achilles on her light trial drew 22ft Gin. of water forward, and 23ft 9in aft, or a mean draught of 23ft 2in, and she attained a mean speed in her six runs over the measured mile of .14 357 knots. The Warrior, in her deep seagoing trim in October, 1861, drew 25ft Gin of water forward, and 26ft Sin aft, giving a mean draught of 25ft 111 in, end she attained a mean speed in her six runs over the mea. eared mile of 14 . 354 knots. The Achilles yesterday had thus a mean draught of water of 3ft in excess of her draught on her light draught trial in April last, and a mean draught of 21in in excess of that of the Warrior in October, 1861. Two and a half inches mean excess of immersion must necessarily have its due effect on a ship's speed at the measured mile ; but it will not account for the knot difference in speed, for it cannot be really called less, between the Achilles and the Warrior, and the cause must, therefore, be looked for elsewhere. This cause may not possibly be found attached to any one point of difference between the two ships, but rather to several causes, the most prominent of which are— the substitution of a four-bladed " Mangin'' screw in the Achilles for the two-bladed " Griffiths' of the Wm rior, and the extra weight imposed on the bows of the Aehilles by the forward, or bow mast (as the ship has four masts there is a difficulty in naming them, SO as to be understood clearly by the reader), and her topgallant forecastle. A ship can not be loaded with impunity over its bows when sent on a trial of speed over the measured mile any more than a racehorse could be sent over the course at Newmarket with a heavy weight sus pended round its neck. The Achilles has, however, been thus unwisely weighted, and in her trial of yesterday she paid the anticipated, and, indeed, un avoidable, penalty in a commensurate loss of speed, if we attribute the greater portion of her loss to this cause and not to the change of screw alone, which may be fairly done. After the runs had been concluded over the trial ground in Stokes bay, the ship was tested in her turning powers in making circles with the following results To Port.—Half circle made in 4min. 21sec. ; full circle, Bmin. 36sec. ; angle of rudder, 25.5 ; turns of wheel, 3; men at wheel, 21 ; time in getting up helm, lmin. 4sec.; revolutions of engines, 47. To Starboard.—Half circle made in 4mia. 4sec. ; full circle, 7min. 56sec. ; angle of rudder, 25'5; turns of wheel, 3 ; men at wheel, 18 ; time in get• ting, up helm, lmin. 40sec.; revolutions of engines, 44. The next step and the final experiment of the day, was to teat the engines in their working to signal, which give the following satisfactory results:— Engines stopped from time of moving telegraph on the quarterdeck bridge in 19sec., started ahead in 6sec., and from that position started astern in 16 secs. The engines made 13.250 revolutions during the day, and their indicated power during the runs over the measured mile was, as near as possible, 5,000 horse. The temperatures taken during the first and last runs were — When On Engine Fore Aft taken. deck. room. stokehole. sto kehole. Ist run 48 70 84 63 94 92 114 116 125 118 6th run 48 74 88 66 9) 104 118 123 130 128 Of the engines no particular description need be given, as they are counterparts of those of the Warrior, and they did their work quite as satisfac torily yesterday as the Warrior's did on the day of her trial. More than this cannot be said in their favour, for the simple fact that it would be impos siblo to award them a higher weed of praise. They were in sole charge throughout the day of the chief engineer of the ship, Mr. J. Leys. Messrs. Penn were represented on board by Mr. Matthews, a member of the firm. As regards the ship herself and her general appearance, at a distance she looks with her four masts a very bad imitation of the Great Eastern, and this appearance will not be im proved until the bow mast is taken out of her end her foremast proper is removed some 15 or 20ft. for-- ward of its present position. The forward or bow mast, with its square rig, is not nnly an eyesore to the ehip's general appearance and retards her speed under steam, as was proved in yesterday's trial, but it is also all but useless when the ship is under sail, for if the wind is well aft the beam its canvas is not wanted, and if the wind is at all short, or on the bow, its canvas cannot be made use of, for its yards cannot be braced up sharp, owing to the lead of the stays and other gear. This mlitake in the ehip's rig, FRE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1864. however, oannot be justly laid on the Admiralty, as it must be fresh in the minds of everyone who pays attention to such matters that the majority of people, naval officers included, were smitten with the idea that our long ships required more than three masts; and this idea was cherished and promulgated right and left without perhaps due consideration being given to the effect such an addition to a ship's mast• ing would have upon her balance when under sail. The Achilles is the first vessel we have treated in this waj', and as her efficiency has been seriously impaired, the sooner we revert in her case to the wisdom of our forefathers the better for the ship. The hull of the Achilles when seen in close proximity has a handsome sheer well out of the water at her line of ports, a clean round stern, and a very hand some bow, over which project her light bowsprit and jibboom. Ia board ehe has a fine roomy upper deck with a topgallant forecastle, the latter very much in the way when work is going on under the direction of the officer in charge forward, and should be taken out of the ship with the bow mast. The general fittings of the upper deck have been executed in a manner that reflects the highest credit on the officials of Chatham Dockyard. Among the most noticeable of these fittings is a brass standard counter, with a dial which gives the direction of the engines and the number of revolutions they are making, and a very cleverly executed light line of railway between and round the funnels, for transporting the ashes when hoisted from below. The ship's armament on the upper deck consists of four HO-pounder breech loading Armstrong guns. The main deck fittings have been executed with the same care and efficient arrangement as those of the upper deck. On the main deck the ship carries 16 smooth-bore guns (coil built Armstrongs) of 9.22 inch calibre, throw ing round shot of 100 lb. weight. These are the guns which have been, as a compliment to his Grace the Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the Admi ralty, termed the " Somerset" gun, and certainly they possess good . smashing powers for smooth• bares when firing steel shot with their full powder charges. On deck . and belo w the ship is in excel lent order, and a great amount of work must have been expended by her captain and. officers to have got her and her crew into their present condition during the comparatively short time the ship has been in commission. To-day the ship will make her trial with half boiler power, weather permitting. Railway and other Companies. CRYSTAL PALACE. The 19th ordinary general meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern— Mr T. Farqahar in the chair. Mr G. Groves, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an ab stract of whieh has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that at the meeting held that time last year they had paid the same dividend as they pro• posed to pay on the present cccasion. They had to draw on sums at the credit of revenue, to make up the dividend last year ; but, although they now proposed to pay the same dividend, the whole amount of it would be paid out of the profits of the year; and they hoped in fu►ure to have better re sults. This dividend was earned without any addi tional aid from the new railways now in progress of construction. The works on the branch of the London, Chatham, and Dover Itei!way were ad vancing in front of the Palace, but they had not yet the benefit of any traffic from that line, but would probably next year. The result of the year's working consisted in having received L 72,600 against £58,600 in 1863, showing an increase of £13,900 from the pure and legitimate traffic of the company. That had enabled them to supply the deficiency in the profits of last year, and he hoped in future they would realise better results. (Hear.) That was the main item, and it enabled them to pay 2s. a share, or 2 per cent, dividend, without inter fering with any necessary outlay on the building, which was being gradually improved in ♦alue. It was originally constructed in a hasty manner, in the course of which improper materials were used that no doubt were euitable materials for the builds ing in Hyde Park, but not for a permanent purpose. They had heretofore to repair and improve the building out of revenue, and everything was now done to render it permanent. It was very satis factory to,the Board that after a careful inspection by Mr. Nasmyth, who was one of the best autho rities on the subject, the building was found by him to be in a very efficient and substantial state. He considered that the repairs and improvements had been executed in a substantial manner for perman ence and stability, and at the same time they were done most economically for the benefit of the cum. parry. With regard to their prospects for the coming year they had made satisfactory arrangements with the Sacred Harmonic Society for carrying out the Handel Fes tival on a scale of magnitude and completeness surpassing even former festivals. They would not have on that occasion to go to the expense of pre paring an orchestra for the purpose, because that part of the building was now camplete, and conse quently next year they expected a much better re• salt in connexion with that subject. Ile then adverted to a circular that bad been sent to the shareholders by some one proposing that the salary of Mr Bowley should be doubled, but Mr Bowley had had nothing whatever to do with it, and he (the chairman) thought that it was the work of some enemy, but such a question could not be brought forward at that meeting. He was happy to say that Mr Bowley, their excellent manager, was perfectly content to remain as he was, and the directors were perfectly content to retain him. (Hear, hear.) Mr A. ANDERSON seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr WILSON considered that various items of ex penditure for repairs and other matters were larger than they need be; he thought that the external gardens were 'very beautiful, and had been main tained at a considerable saving of expense. Mr GOEZ said it appeared to him very satisfac tory, from the aceounts, that the attractions of the Palace had increased, and he trusted that a still larger number of the 3,000,000 in London would be attracted to that delightful place when the London and Chatham Railway from Ludgate.hill to the front of the Palace was completed and in operation. (Hear, hear,) He suggested that some arrangement should be made with the Chatham Company for in cluding the railway fare in the price of the season tickets to and from the Palace. He thought the competition of the new company would enable them to accomplish so desirable a matter, which they could not induce ,the Brighton Company to do. By facilitating the access to the Palace he believed the number of season tickets would be increased. The shops at the Palace were very attractive, and the prices were reasonable. The refreshment department was, he thought, well conducted. He suggested that if some of the walks were asphalted it would add much to the comfort of visitors, and would be appreciated by the public. The orchestra might be greatly improved by the erection of screens made of light wood, so placed as to send back the sound to the central portion of the audience, where the music was not so wet heard as at the sides. He had been travelling in Italy and over the Continent last summer, acd he did not believe there was a more beautiful spot in all Europe than their Palace and grounds. 141 r PUNCHER believed that every department was conducted is a proper manner, end suggested that as small a sum as possible should be expended on specialties. They had expended during the past year £24,800 on special attractions, but if they had expended only £14,800 there 'would have been £lO,OOO more for dividend, which would hove given them an additional 1 per cent. Mr ELIOART suggested that the officials ehould in come way be interested in increasing the dividends; end that as soon es posaiblo they eleculd sell off the houses on the Dulwich-wood property. Mr WILSON objected to that course, and main, tained it was for the interest of the company to keep that property and use the income. The CHAIRMAN replied to the various ()bier vations. The expenditure alluded to by Mr Wilson was for repairs and new boilers; another was for the re. newal of some of the external statues with substan- tial materials. The heating apparatus must be re placed, and everything had to be kept up in a sound state and in good order. As to the season tickets, they hoped to make an arrangement with the Gnat ham and Dover Company, as suggested by Mr Got z. With regard to asphalting the walks, he considered that as a luxury, and not a necessity, He would, however, give every attention to his suggestions respecting the orchestra. The directors were most careful of expenditure, but everything must be done in that establishment in an tfficient manner, and worthy of a great company. They had not yet got the individual leases for the Dulwich• wood property, but they hoped soon to be able to sell the houses on it. They had recently let a part of the land for £2OO a year. The directors had now ten years' experience, and were beginning to understand their business; they hoped, with the able assistance and guidance of their excellent ma nager, to accomplish in future more satisfactory results. The report was then unanimously adopted, and on the motion of Mr. PETTARD, seconded by Mr. PUNCHER, a special vote of thanks was given to the directors, to Mr. Bowley, the manager, to Mr. Groves, the secretary, and the heads of departments, for their constant exertions in promoting the inte rests of the company. tickets, which were given up and handed to the guard, with directions to deliver them to the stationmaster at Hitchin, and get the right names of the parties. Mr Martin said they had threatened to do for him when he got out of the train. John Eaton and William Bamford, the guards of the train on the 13th of November, confirmed the evidence as above given of a complaint having been made that a gentlenan in the train had been insulted, and the two defendants were also identified as having been at the station at Irchester and wanting to smoke in a carriage, and also as having been seen on the platform of Oakley stafion walking from the direction of the carriage in which Mr Martin was seated towards the third class, where they were found. Mr Jeffery, addressing the Bench, said that the guard had reported the occurrence in the usual way. (The report was handed in.) As Mr Scott was not able to attend, that was all the evidence he had to bring forward. Mr Shepherd, for the defendants, urged that whatever had been said was only in " chaff," arising out of the defendants considering that Mr Martin made himself disagreeable by objecting to smoking or having the windows open. The defendants were men of the highest re spoctability, and would never be guilty of using the dis- gusting and disgraceful language which Mr Martin had detailed. If the Bench would allow his clients to give evi dence one for the other, the real facts would be manifest, which certainly at present was not the case. The Chairman said,—«%e are quite satieffid that the case is distinctly proved, and we are sorry to find that people of such good character and position should havobeen brought here having been guilty of such foolish conduct, not to say worse. We inflict the full penalty and full costs. ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—CHELMSFORD, Dec. it. (Before Baron Channell ) THE MURDER ON CHIDWELL HEATH. Francis Wane, 44, alias Taddy, a great hulking fellow, six feet high, with deformed feet, was charged upon an in dictment, and also by the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of Amelia Blunt, on the 27th of September, by cutting her throat. Mr Poland and the Hon. Dudley Campbell conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Treasury, instructed by Mr Bourne, of Romford) the prisoner was defended by Mr Woollett. The evidence in support cf the charge against the pri soner was of the most conducive description, and it was currently rumoured on Tuesday that, although counsel had been retained by the prisoner's friends to defend him, it was his determination to plead guilty to the charge. He was, however, advised not to take that course, as it could not possibly benefit him, and he therefore pleaded not guilty. From the opening statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution it appeared that the deceased was a woman about the same age as the prisoner, or rather younger. She had been married, and had two grown-up children, and upon the death of her husband she had taken up her abode at Chidwell Heath, in this county, and obtained her livelihood by going out to work as a charwoman, and she was always regarded as a sober, industrious woman. She became acquainted with the prisoner at this place. He was a labourer, but there seemed to be no doubt that he was an idle, worthless fellow; but notwithstanding this, the deceased seemed to have consented to go to live with him as his wife, and they cohabited together fur some time, The conduct of the prisoner towards her, however, appeared to have been so bad that the deceased determined to break off the connexion that existed between them, and she left him about three months before she came to her untimely end, and went to live at the cottage of an aged man named Warren, at Chidwell Heath, as a sort of housekeeper. The old man had a son, James Warren, and an intimacy seemed to have sprung up between the deceased and this young man, and they were engaged to be married, and the banns had been published, and the marriage was to have taken place on the Saturday weak following the day on which the murder was committed, which was the 24th of September. The prisoner seemed to have been very angry at the deceased leaving him, and upon several occasions he appeared to have entreated her to resume the connexion be tween them, but she always refused to do so, and the pri soner upon several occasions was heard to utter dreadful threats against her, and he was repeatedly heard to say that if she did not live with him again he would have her life. A. remarkable conversation appeared to have taken place between the prisoner and the deceased about six weeks be fore the murder. The latter, it appeared, had been to a public-house called the White Horse, which is a short dis tance from the cottage where she was residing, and she saw the prisoner there. He called her out, and he then asked her whether there was any chance of their coming together again. The deceased told him that there was not. and said that he had had an opportunity of making her his wife if he had chosen to do so, but that now that was past, and he had behaved so ill to her, sho was going to be married to another man, and they could never come together again, The prisoner then said to her, " Milly (which was the name the deceased was familiarly known by), then you must die," The deceased rejoined, " If I do, you will have to die, too" —and they then parted. The murder, as above stated, was committed on the 24th September, and between 10 and 11 o'clock in tho morning. The'old man Warren, it appeared, went out about half-past 10 o'clock for the purpose of fetch ing some beer, leaving the deceased in a small washhouse or building adjoining the cottage, in the act of washing. He re turned in the course of a very short time, and went into the washhouse and saw the unhappy woman apparently in the act of taking some clothes out of the copper and leaning over it, He called out to her, '• Milly, dear, here is the beer," and was surprised at not receiving any answer. He went up to her and put his arm round her and, to his horror, she fell upon him and forced him to the grouhd, and he observed that her throat was cut, and she gave one sigh and then died. As soon as the poor old man had recovered from the shock he gave an alarm, and Mr Bowers, a surgeon residing at Romford, was soon upon the spot, and upon examining the deceased he discovered she had received three frightful wounds on the throat, one of which had divided the carotid artery, and must have caused almost instantaneous death, and the injuries were of such a character as to preclude the possibility of their having been inflicted by herself. It was evident that a foul and brutal murder had been committed, and suspicion at once fell upon the prisoner as the perpe trator of the crime. The facts which were disclosed left no doubt that this suspicion was well founded. It appeared that on the morning of the murder, and very shortly before it was committed, the prisoner met a man named Turner, and after some conversation had passed between them, the prisoner made use of the observation that " he would hear of some thing presently," and he then went to the hedge and took out what appeared to be a knife, and the evidence left no doubt that h , must have proceeded almost immediately to the cottage and watched until the old man left, and then rushed upon the unfortunate woman while she was in the act of washing, and have cut her throat before she had any opportunity to give an alarm, and he then made his escape, leaving her in the condition in which she was found by the poor old man when he returned with the beer, and the medical man was of opinion that no struggle what ever took place. A police-constable of the K division, named Dunmow, who had been sent for, upon examining the garden, saw marks of footsteps of a peculiar description which were at once recognised as those of the prisoner, and the constable and several other persons at once set off in pursuit of him. The footsteps led them to a pond, about a mile from Warren's cottage, and on the banks of this pond there were indications of a man; wearing corduroy trousers similar to those worn by the prisoner, having kneeled down, possibly for the purpose of washing himself, and in this pond a cap, belonging to the prisoner was discovered, with some marks on it which were believed to bo blood, and which had been thrown into the pond with a brick in it for the purpose of making it sink. About 30 yards from the cottage there was also picked up a knife, such as is commonly used to kill pigs with, which turned -out to have been in the possession of the prisoner on the morning of the murder. This knife was very sharp and covered with blood, and it was clear that it was the weapon with which the prisoner had committed the crime, and that ho had thrown it away after he left the cottage. The pur suit of the prisoner was continued; and after Dunmow and the others had gone a considerable distance they saw the prisoner jump over a hedge into a plantation, when the con stable followed him, and the prisoner was discovered con cealed under a hedge. The first question that was put to him was, whether he had been at Chadwell Heath that morning. He replied that he had not ; and the officer then said that he should take him into custody on suspicion of having murdered his old sweetheart, Ho made no answer, and upon his his clothes being examined, it appeared that they were wet up to tho chest, as though he had been in a pond ; his waistcoat and trousers were very bloody, the cuffs of his jacket were torn off, and he had no cap. These cuffs were afterwards picked up in a field through which the pri soner had passed during his flight, and they were found to be completely saturates with blood. The above were the principal points in the case, and it will bo seen that they tended most conclusively to establish the charge against the prisoner. A great many witnesses were examined for the prosecu tion. One of them, named Rogers, deposed to the following extraordinary facts :—He said ho was in the habit of at tending Rumford market, and he did so one Wednesday in the month of August last, which was about three weeks before the murder was committed. On his way home he stopped with his horse and cart at the White Horse public • house on Chadwell-heath, and he saw the prisoner there and asked him to mind his horse and cart while he went into the house to have some refreshment, and he sent the prisoner some bread and cheese and porter. When he went out he noticed that the prisoner seemed to be very dejected and low-spiritei, and he observed to him that he appeared to have something on his mind, and he replied that he had. He pressed him to disclose to him what it was that troubled him, and the prisoner then said, " Well, I have been looking for a woman for a rnontl, to have her blood. I saw her mme, hut I was too drunk to attack her, and I thought that if I did title would he able to give as alarm." The witness, who is a member of the Jewish persuasion, urged the pd. goner not to entertain such feelings, observing that ho never heard of their people (the Jews) doing such things.' The prisoner then said—l have sworn to do it, and do it I will. 110 witnees then said that perhaps he would think better of it, to which the prisoner replied, " Look here, Sir, I have had a meuth to consider ct it, and sure►y if in that time 1 don't reflect on it, I shall not now ;" and he then pulled out a knife, and wished him to look at it, but he refused to do so, end as he was going the prisoner said, " Good bye, Sir.; God bless you; if you are in any part of England and per use the papers within a month, you will see that I have had her blood." The witness added that he thought no more of what had taken place until he read an account of the murder in he newspapers, and he immediately went down to Ilford and informed the police of what had taken place between him and the prisoner, and recognised him as the man with whom he had had the conversation. Some other evidence that was adduced was also of a re markable character. This was a proof of statements repre. rented to have been made by the prisoner to two men, named Hart and 0 wtrim, who were at the time in confinement in Ilford Gaol, one for an assault, and the other for stealing some grass. The prisoner was placed in the cell with these two men while he was under remand, and it seemed, oddly enough, that he was under the impression that murderers wero always confined together, and that ;hese two prisoners were charged with that crime, and that consequently they were at liberty to say what they ['leased to one another. Acting upon this impression, it appeared that the prisoner in the course of conversation told those men that he was charged with the murder of a woman he had lived with two years, and that she had broken up his home and refused to live with him again, and he had cut her throat. He said he was sorry for what he had done, and the thought had only come into his head about 10 minutes before he did it. One of the witnesses asked him how he thought he should get on, and he replied that he did not think he had a chance, as so many people got round him directly after it happened that he was not able to got away. The prisoner also appeared to have said that ho met the woman on the morning of the murder, and that she refused to speak to him, and that shortly afterwards he saw a man named Turner, and told him what he was going to do, and he was afraid that this would go very much against him. After the prisoner was apprehended ho was .taken to the place where tho deceased was lying dead, and upon some one observing that he should not 1 ke to touch the poor thing, the prisoner exclaimed, " I should not mind touch ing her 40 times." John James Warren, a labouring man, apparently about 40 years old, the person to whom the deceased was to have been married, proved that the banns of the marriage had been published twice at Dagenham Church, and that they were to have been published for the last time en the Sun day, the day following that on which the murder was corm mitted. Mr Woollett put several questions to the different wit nesses in cross-examination, but was unable to elicit any thing that at all tended to shake the evidence given by them, or to alter in any way the complexion of the case as it af fected the prisoner. The learned counsel for the prisoner made an able address to the jury in his behalf, and endeavoured to show that he was not in a state of mind to be responsible for his conduct at the time the act was committed. The learned judge having summed up, The jury retired at half-past 4 to deliberate upon their verdict, _ _ They returned into court in less than a quarter of an hour and gave a verdict of guilty. The learned judge having put on the black cap, proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner. He said he en tirely concurrel in the verdict, and it appeared to him to be impossible, upon the evidt.nce that had been adduct.d, for them to have arrived at any other conclusion than that he was guilty of the crime of which he had been accused. He then proceeded to pass sentence of death in the usual form. The prisoner did not exhibit the slightest emotion during any period of the trial, and when the learned judge had con cluded, ho turned round and walked deliberately away from the bar. The trial lasted nearly seven hours. Henry Augustus Munns, who was convicted of wounding a young woman named Charlotte Turimr, in a transport of jealousy, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, was brought up for judgment late on Tuesday evening, and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. NORTHERN CIRCUI r, -LIVERPOOL, DEc. 13, CROWN COURT. (Before Plr Justice Mellor.) Sarah M'Carthy, a married woman, was charged with having caused the death of her mother, Catherine Rice, a woman upwards of 70 years of age. Mr Peel prosecuted ; prisoner was undefended, On Aug. 13th a surgeon saw the body of the deceased, who had died during the previous night ; he found eight se vere bruises about the breast, neck, and shoulders, and also that the collar bone and six of the ribs were broken, four of the ribs being broken in several places. These injuries were sufficient to cause death, and must have been produced by kicks or blows from a heavy instrument, and in the sur geon's opinion could not have been inflicted more than 48 hours before death. A police-constable was called, who proved that in the month of July, being attracted by the moans of the old woman, he entered the house and found the prisoner using most revolting language towards her mother, and kicking her violently about the breast, shoulders andabdomen ; she was also striking her severely with a thick stick. He fur ther proved that some days previous to Ler death the old woman made complaint to him of the prisoner's violence. His Lordship directed the jury that however strong the suspicion against the prisoner might be, and however much they might desire that she should be punished for her re volting conduct, yet in the absence of evidence that she had beaten her mother within 48 hours of death, they must ac quit the prisoner. The prisoner was then acquitted. OXFORD CIRCUIT—.WORCESTER, Dec. 14. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr Justice Byles,) George Smith and Charles Carr were charged with bur glary at the house of George Evans on the 30th July last, at Shelsley Kings, and stealing articles of clothing there. Mr Best was for the prosecution. The prisoners wore not defended. Ater the prosecutor and his family had retired to rest on the night of July 30, about 1 o'clock, the prosecutor heard a noise in his shop, He armed himself with a revolver and went down. He there found the two prisoners packing up some trousers and other things in a bundle. He showed them his revolver and threatened to use it if they offered re sistance. .smith clime towards him and struck him, upon which the prosecutor fired off his revolver, and struck him several times on the head with it. Carr then came towards him and he also struck Carr with the revolver, and ulti mately gave them into custody. The prisoners seemed to consider that as they had not carried off the goods they could not be guilty of stealing, but after his lordship summed up, The jury found a verdict of guilty against both prisoners. His Lordship sentenced eaci of them to five years' penal servitude' Edward Wilkes was indicted for damaging the dwelling houses of one John Haywood, at Queen's-cross, Dudley, on the 11th October last, by the explosion of gunpowder. Mr Motteram was for the prosecution. The prisoner was not defended. The prisoner is a collier at work at Spring's Mire, under Lord Dudley, at Dadley, and was working at the time of the explosion at reducsd prices, The prisoner was on strike. Hay wood went to bed at about 10 o'clock at night on the 10th October. The house was a four roomed house, and contained besides himself his wife and eight children. At about 10 minutes past 4 o'clock in the morning t he was awoke by the sound of smashing glass. He then saw ishes from gunpowder, and heard an explosion and the sound as of footsteps running away. He lit a candle and went down. Before going to bed he had put up the shut ters of the window of the ground-floor room. The shutters did not reach the top of the window, and when he came down ho found a pane o f g l ass above the shutters broken, and that tho mortar had been scattered under the window. Ho also found a hat, a cork, in which was a hole for a fuse, and a match which had been lighted. There was also found, within a few yards, part of a breakfast-can, which had contained powder, A Married daughter of the pri soner was at her father's house on the night in question ; and she stated that about 3 o'clock in the morning her mother and the prisoner came home, and after they had been in a short time two men, named Jervons and Foxall, came and said, " Come, let us go and get a -- up in time this morning ;" and then her father put on hie boots and went out with them and did not return until half-past 5 o'clock. A man named Frank Bennett was taken up on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage. On the 13th of October the prisoner stated to a relative of Bennett's that Bennett was innocent, and that the hat that was found was his, and that ho had lost it at the bother at Queen's cross, but that it (the bother) was not done to hurt the man, but only to frighten him, The prisoner stated to Police Superintendent Burton how it had happened that he had gone with the two men; and added that he should not have gone if he had not been drunk. The prisoner now stated in his defence that when he started with the two men he only went out for a walk, and had no knowledge of their intentions until they got near to Haywood's house, when one of them produced a bottle with gunpowder in it, and that then he refused to go any further, and when ho heard the explosion ho was frightened and ran away, and in so doing his hat flew off, which he was too alarmed to pick up. The prisoner had borne a good character hitherto. His lordship left it to the jury to say whether the offence had been committed, or only an attempt made to commit it, and whether there was any intention to damage the house, persons being therein, and, if so, whether the two men, Jervons and F )xall, had that intention, and then whether the prisoner participated in it. The jury found a verdict of Guilty of the attempting to commit the felony.' Sentence deferred. • MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—YoRx, Dry. 13. (Before Mr Justice Keating.) Last night tho jury, titter an absonca of three hours and a half, returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, against Alice Wilson, who was tried on the charge of having murdered her son. His lordship passed sentence of death, but said ho would forward the recommendation of mercy to the proper quarter. A tew other cases were tried to-day of no public interest, and thus ended the business for the North and East !tidings of Yorkshire, LADY FRANKLIN.—The widow of the celebrated Arctic explorer .and diec:verer is residing at present at Barcelona. NORTH•EAS"IERN. A special general meeting of the Stockton and Darlington section of the above company was held yesterday, in Darlington, for the purpose of con sidering an offer which had been reeeived for the purchase of the shares held by the company in the Dement and Consett Iron Company (Limited); Colonel Stobart presidtd. The offer was to purchase the shares in the Con sett Iron Company (limited), which had been placed at the disposal of the company, for the sum of £65,090, including interest, to be paid by 10 yearly instalments of £6,500 each on January 1 in each year, commencing the Ist of January, 1865. The number of shares was 6,406, with £7 103. per share paid, and subject to a further call of £2 10s, per share, to which the purchasers would be liable. Atter some discussion, it was resolved that the above offer be accepted, and that the directors be authorised to carry the same into effect. It was also agreed that the reserve fund, amount ing to £82,28:1, should be applied in full cancella‘ Lion of the debt owing by the Consett Iron Company. It was stated that the £6,500 a year would give about half per cent. per annum on the ordinary share capital of the Darlington section of proprietors. DU ['CH-RHENISH. The receipts for the fortnight ending the 30th of November amounted to £10,561, and for the corres ponding period of last year to £8,736, showing an increase of £1,825. The receipts since tha com mencement of the present book year, on the Ist of May, including the above, amounted to £165,766, showing an increase as compared with the corms, ponding period of last year of £22,670. The working expenses for the fortnight amounted to £4,265, or 40.39 per cent., and for the eorresponding period of last year to £3,911, or 45.10 per cent„ showing an increase of £325. The working expenses from the Ist of May to the 30th of November last amounted £59,916, or 36 14 per nett`., and those for the year 1863 64 were 3316 per cent. of the receipts. RAILWAY BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. Tiae half-yearly meeting of the members took place yeatcrday at Kirg's-cross Station ; Mr H. Oakley in the chair. Mr MILLS, the Secretary, read the report, which congrataiattd the metab:rs on the steady progress of the institution. Tha net balance was £8,935, which in the previous year was £6,879, and in 1862, £5,134. The subscriptions for the year amounted to £998. During the :ear 350 officers and clerks had joined the institution, but still many distressing cases could not be relieved because the head of the family was not a subs Tiber. It v; as proposed to have a casualty fund to give temporary assistance by:a donation not excerding £5, The CHAIRMAN, in thoving the adoption of the report, adverted to the ltudable ffirts of the friends of the institution in extending its ramifications. [here had been an increase in the subscriptions of £220, and they looked forward to a still further increase next year. The number of members was very large, and, as an instance, he might say that of the 800 clerks in the Great Northern Company, 25 per cent. were members, and it was hoped that that per tentage would thortly be considerably in. creased. It was the ittention of the Board to endeavour to induce the clerks c in other railway companies course. A Ir Bto follow the le motion, which was car ried unanimously. rt Oi s seconded s Annuities of 110 each Wire then granted to three ltte members, and a late persons—twostatioa master. A i° Pawed approving the anat. ration of °I the t g l d to theCasuaity Fund, and a vote of thanks to tI chairman closed the ration vr es as w t i h th en re proceedings. Assault in a Railay Carriage. Pltty sessions for the Sham- On 'I uesday afternoon at the fel at Bletsoe, before Lord S I) r t o ojitehn, i s n i e h r a r i o r f ul ß a e n d , fo A r i d r shire sy . , --tberts, of. King's Walden, Hertfordshire, and Mr Wm. Tr —Well, of Nether Crawley, a summons taken out by the d L i u re to e n te , rs fa e r f m t e h r e s, A a l p id p l e a a n r d ed to Rsilviv Company, to answer a charge of having committed a each of No. 5 of the bye laws on Sunday, Nov. 13. The %se had been postponed in consequence of the illness of the brincipal witness, who had fromthe traa, in s a p t t e a e c t .swhich was made on him. 'r was taken out, by at of the Midland Railway, s e : l a l irlideJr theoe d h n summonsJef er severelyy , the company's autho rity under a by-law, of which is - s put in an authentic copy. The it le fellows :—" Any person found m i n a magistrate's railway strate 's c n l a e r r r k i a g e reade or aation in a state of intoxi cation, or committing an - n ; --i lsittee, or otherwise wilfUlly interfering with the comfort of sther p assengers , i s h ere by subjected to a penalty not etceeding 405., and shall immediately, or, if travellin g, ,at the first opportunity, be removed from the comp, l3 _ y premises." Mr 'Nat a passenger on Sunday Henry Martin then said—l evening, November 13, from s s , dcester, in a second-class carriage, having passed the day al the bedside of a son who is now past hope of recovery. r tae alone as far as the Ir chester station, and there the tvi a d e f en d an t s en t ere d th e compare meat in which I was. I b elieve they were the first to speak. One of them said 4 .` % Ile, master, we mean t o smoke hero whether you like it or tot. " My reply was that I had not made any objection to choking, and had not had time to do so. One of them said`Vhe the hell are you?" I can hardly say which of th em said that, for I was terror stricken, and they both chimed in to that I could hardly say which of them spoke first. The me I know to be Howell said to the other, " Give me a light." Roberts said, He has no business here —we'll blow him out." They then let down both windows, and one said 11 He's a bankrupt, and only dares travel on a Sunday." They evidently alluded to me. I think it was Roberts who the* said he would throw me out. llowell said " We'll serve him is Briggs was served and then we'll throw him out,"-and at that moment I would have given all I possessed to have had some means of communi cating with the guard. This was on the evening before the execution of Mailer for the murder of Mr Briggs. Howell then said, " I am Tom Ki ng, an d ramake an end of him in three minutes and a half." He Welted up his sleeves and said, putting his fi s t i n my face, " make an end of him the " He stood up in the carriage. 'I was sitting, and he said "Stand up, you Then he squared up to me and put one fist in my face and hit at me with the other, and at that moment 1 became terror-stricken. He then put one fist in my face and made as though ho world strike me on the eye, and then I became partly unconscisue. I have never been so well Since as to attend to business as usual. Whea I came to myself I found they wore gent, When I got to the next station R o b er t s came t o the window and was again abusive, whe n M r S cott, of Leicester , ov 'e rheard him. and came into the ca rr i age and as k e d me to 'juin them in the next one. That, I thi nk, was the station before we got to Bedford. I did not hear distinctly what Roberts said when he came to the carriage again ; but he used filthy language. There w as a li g h t i n the compartment in I wes, and also in the one into' which I aftetwards got. It was not a light night, as it Was raining vety hard. The person who asked me to come into the nextcarriage went and made the complaint. M r George Ifiekera, the station master at Oakley, proved th a t a complaint was made that a Mr gEntlecasn had been grossly insulted ;by twopersons. Martin was the complaina n t, a nd said they had was served. The two persons were pointed o ut to him, and h to murder him and throw him lout of the carriageas Briggs noticed them get out of a second-class ca rriage and go down aes They at nese went and asked fur their names and a el res- ' witness had asked twice the platform. They got into a third-class carriage, d and wit first refused to give them, but when or three times Roberts said his name wa s Sunmoads, of Baldeck, and the otner one said, " Mine is the skme. They refused to give any other names. He demanded their LAW INTELLIGENCE. —Dec, COURT - OF EXCHEQUER, (Sittings at Nisi Frills afttr Term, at Guildhall, before /dr Baron Martin al,:c l a Common. Jury.) HOOKER V. 1 117111 ' 1 AB -1. . not guilty. This was an action for an assaui.. The defendant pleaded Mr Sergeant Ballantine and Mr Prentic 3 were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr Huddleston, Q.C., and Il Ir H. James were lai counsel for the defendant, fled lt Mr Sergeant Ballantine described the ssau id comp of as a most gratuitous stud brutal one. He e a fhe plain tiff, Mr Hooker, is a gentleman of property, resin: in g near Tun -8 hi Ipidge Wells, having extensive rights of shoot i n g over own and adjoining land, and the defendant is ..!'ieutanant Burnaby, of the Blues. The plaintiff having got into. Penn' niary difficulties through the default of his wife's trustees, lac.d divided the shootmg expenses with a Mr Westcar• Iu the middle of September last Mr Westear, accompanied by the defendant, went down for some shooting. Oa the AI in question the plaintiff and defendant and others shot loge ther, and afterwards dined together, not separating un til a late hour. On the following morning the who le of al° parties met in the shooting field, when the defendant I U an insulting remark to the plaintiff, to which he r e P lie d rather warmly. Strong language passed between theta, a n the matter apparently dropped ; but about two /Ours After wards, the plaintiff having laid down his gun, the de fendat walked up to him and inquired of him if he intended to 51 3 n; logise. He replied he should not, upon which de fendall. immediately struck him violently several blows in the fag and in a most brutal manner kicked him again and agai n ' The defendant by his brutal conduct had inflicted eel injuries upon an inoffensive man, and he called 111: 031e jury to mark their sense of the defendant's conduct by visit ing him with exemplary damages. Evidence having been given, Mr Huddleston addressed the jury in mitigation of da' mages. A verdict was given for the plaintiff—damages £l5O. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE,--Dec. 14, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR, APPLICA.TION.—A well-dressed mall, wha had some time been seated in court, suddenly entered the witness box, and addressing Mr Tyrwhitt in a serious tone, earnestly begged to make a statement, which be said Weill be found to contain matters of no common importance' He would be as brief as circumstances would admit. First he must state that he had made the acquaintance soma tune ago of a lady of groat attainments, but of no propertr4 lady who in fact had so far sacrificed herself to her children as to reduce herself to complete indigence. He had m eue a vow to her to see her through her difficulties, but beta: 4 as far as pacuni try matters wore concerned, somewhat s ir t . larly circumstanced, he had suggested that they all eu ;„ unite their fates and fortanes, and make a joint effort t" raise themselves into that position in society they wer e ell' titled to occupy. But he found that he could not mar r y the lady, as she had a husband, from whom, however, she se separated, but could not get a regular divorce in 0013,5,-; quence of being without funds. They had talked ov er ' as matter together, and finding that marriage in Ireland 11; a ceremony, in Scotland a declaration, and in Englan d 6 8 affair of money, had come to the determination to for union which should be binding on each other. At th e ee l: time they entered into the compact that if they fail ed 3 raise themselves into a higher position they would corael'd suicide. The drugs were purchased, and they coati heir together ; but failing in their object they reconsidered to determination, and had resolved to separate and toes.. tinue to exist. He now begged to hand over to them a , g o trate the bottle containing the poison, as a proof that - rash resolves had been quite given up. Here the Applicant gave the magistrate soractlans wr M r paped up in paper. Tyrwhitt—What is this—poison ? I da not see am required to receive it. Take it to the police. The Applicant continued—This was the first par t of iii 4. case. The second was, if possible, of greater importio.cto He was desirous of assistance in raising himself agail li : i to that position he once filled, and which he felt be ought occupy. Mr Tyrwhitt—What has a magistrate to do with s uch 9 matter ? is Applicant—lf a gentleman of your large expericllCOl concert with the Earl of Shaftesbury and Sir Edwar d ton Balwer, men who have studied life, and who are dee!) do skilled in its mysteries, will join with the all powerf ul Pr ill in this work, I cannot for a moment doubt that theY DA' at once decide on the value to be placed on my mora l dition and intellectual attributes. Mr Tyrwhitt did not appear to think there wow, ,a much difficulty in that matter. He had no time t o deco-, to such affairs. He could not answer for the de cision any other gentleman, and, as he had no control over the press he must refer the applicant to ite conductors. The bowed - and r. • orde The bottle, Applicant when examined, etired was found to contain - liquid of a pungent character. COUNTRY MASTS. LYNN—TUESDAY. 1 ,, of At our market to-day th era w as a ver y s h o rt suPl 3 ;: te s. English wheat, which sold s l ow ly a t a b o ut previous t l as t Barley, beans, and oats m ove d o ff a t the quotations 01 ' week. 34 6 3 6 to „ 0 , White wheat 43s to 45s / Barley . .......... 3 ..285 2° to 3 , R., , d.. 21s t° Beans .34s to 36s 1 Oats ..... . to .....$ --s 01d... 36s to 38s 1 Peas NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—TUESDAY. the The market was attended by a very small num ber o f all trade to-day, and the business was languid, wh eat fitly qualities making previous rates. Barley dull, and s"boo lower quotations. Malt inclined to be lower. Be aus cheaper, and peans unchanged. 11‘. e Averages Wheats, 38s 7d—barley, - 30s Od--"u —s Od—oats, 21s Id—peas, —s Od. a n dale-isil HULL-TUESDAY. Since our last a fair retail business has be-- vi bes' the corn trade, and the transactions reported in cop!: show no improvement in English, while foreign ba s biS b mantled former i rices. Choice old white, 46s to 475' et 4t, mixed, 41s ; fine high mixed, 435; red, 36s to 39s,Pnegliell At our market to-day there was a fair supply of •"'" 01 01' wheat, in inferior condition. Prices were at is less % t ad Malting barley in large supply. Beans and peas 5 sale. Oats in better demand. MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. _ l ost! The following were the currencies :—New white :toe! 42s Od to 45s Od; new red, _)'Bs Od to 41s per 36 3 8 st.; beans, 37s to 43s for old ; new sorts, 35s to 37s P er r. f ° g , barley, 32s to 34s for malting, and 28s to 30s per 20' grinding ; new oats, 21s to 248 Od per 24 stone; ° to 28s. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. ‘,., Of: A larger show of wheat, barley, and other grain 6- c i , bil• Fine wheats made late rates, with a moderate densi'l° 0 00 inferior qualities were easier to buy. Other artiel6° lid as of late. 16' p a Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss 0 to , s , o White 1/ , to Al New red ..15s Od -- iv - A .16s Od t° 16 . 5 13 J` . New white „ f f - Aod to -pO , Beans // // ... Ls 4' a Peas, per qr 4os Od t° al e Grinding barley, per qr 30s od t0 2 ' 36 0i 17s Od tol 6s oJ Malting ditto, ~ •••••, 32s Od t° ' ,26s ° ` od to Oats )1 213 Flour, Is 5d to is 9d per 14 lb. _ . Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS IIUE. io• De_se.'l,2. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..... 'Jo. 5 . 17; 1 Marseilles:... ..... •. Jaa. ~g. Bcazil and Cape 'Verde, by Briti s h packet. ...... .peo. ig, Cope of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helent , . • no. ~,f, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptoo.; eo , P via Marseilles .•••" 1 9 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southanaptk n ,Dr o. O• India (Calcutta), and Ceylou, via Southampton' Deo. 0. via Marseilles. • • :p e e. 0 , India (Bombay), via Southampton ...... p r o. 6 , via Marseilles ............... poi' Il. Portuga1.... 19. Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton ..... Deo. j. via Marseilles ....... ' ‘ Dee• Newfoundland ................. al. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America . ,Ly Brit. packet.. • '''' ~ --• by U.S. lacket.....nec,l4 by Canadian packet jail. 0, V.O. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ........... PO' 1. 9. . ___„ 0 West Indies and Pacific ...... peo Bahamas (via New York) .................. .. . 0. D ec 99 . Bermuda (ditto) ....................... ...... p Cuba and Mexico ___-------------. \ _ Births. , e ot FRY.—On the 14th inst., at Manor HOW, Ilford, Who wife of Wm. Storrs Fry, Esq., of a daughteptr' old; HA.NKEY.—On the 13th inst., at Widmore, near: A r , of - Kent, the wife of Jameson Alers Hankeb ,„, daughter. trp ori REEYE.—On the 14th inst., at Fanwood, wiali'lea° Mrs. Reeve, of a son. . Marriages. s Chto ci ' , ' Po • - - c CRLINGTON— _ ARTER.—At Saint Thona o' ,. attar t , e h t Ryde, LW., Colonel Pocklin ton, Assista", Do i ` -a TEJ;fltY—CaltY.—On the 13th inst., at master-General, Horse Guards, to Harriet Fle'fi.o: eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral T. W. Carter, ' As tll J. Terry, E .( 1., 60th Roy il ltiflas eldvst sou 01, i c or Terry, BOWLRY.— of Burvale to Edith, yours„ daughter 0, Corry, Esq., of I , lreybridge. ) c,se Bow O lb l y, t weybridgct '',4,,j . imulif d q lt b Darlet anEE.—On the 12th inst., at Dublin, Joel:). J P., of Elm Hall, co. TipperirY. _ n .,,oat ~,,, a -• GREY.—On the 12th inst ,at St. Leonard S'"V _ A co n Sollory Grey, Esq., formerly of lionhay, al. Eheeql.,24flhgne:inasstlth..,St.tt CaMbet well, sllti' o f i 13. street, London, aged f c ot MoouE.—On the 13th inst., John INlOore, of 2 0 1 -. tovn-read, aged 66. lefe lff SHERBORN.—On the 11th inst„ a t Dedfout, ididci •••,---.' Francis Sherburne, E, , q., aged 7 '• .„;* --1,- ---- 10 ` , li 0P • London: Prii.;,.cd and I'rl...ashed by lir 11,1,11"3 ,x, ..,, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TriE Sti' l " tue cegO“ - Strand; n the Precinct of the Sav o r } , ° Mid tileses,— Thurs day, loeeeret•tr 15, • liT' rrf l i, PR RN . it t, i , o, Bo ld ii ~,e kt del „eorpor, C aPital Hober t n, C'arles 1 erle s t Str eet. 410 tiel 1 4°Blllajee'r - th e e ob Publi t4ern %r a w t es tDDlict 4 etary t lst raTlC k t t-,, ektite 1 , (I ,he 0 Co, h IPII tio —quo 41 °1 : "k O d aPirit e lio v r e 419 Gal L., Gr a • st' Arad a 13 4 TRAI Acat I' ll lll lc.) MO: 'e IPA litZedy, th e Ia R y AY 111 8trur n , qlrnissic & 1 , ), -A h “) 81 tm. ti: 4 T in - n Ile usT I tArnedy k:Ildro 115 ber. koir qk ECI Irati c Ati: Con t t YtUl th oWll B' 41 ' fir all Il e St trnane r... e s t 1i.74 , if 14 k .411 LL1 eltL i ! by is I Open ktGY — 'l - 414,Areei 1 ; be Pa ,414. f y t , a efi ~~~F EFF ~EFF T empo ~le